In a blink of an eye, it has been almost a month since Ren Yi left Lingzhou.

"Whew, it's noon. It's time to rest. ”

Ren Yi just lowered his head and hurried away, and when he looked up, he found that the six rounds of red sun were almost hanging overhead. Winter is the most comfortable time of the day.

At this time, Ren Yi was in a mountain col, quite sheltered from the wind. A few days ago, there was a heavy snowfall, and there was still a white expanse everywhere, and the wild grass that pierced the snow surface shook gently, and a lot of ice crystals fell.

Instead of taking the main road and avoiding the surveillance of the sophisticated forces of the Eastern Alliance, he walked straight through the wilderness between the fortress cities.

From time to time, he hitchhiked on the cargo cargo, and he still had two or three days to go before he could completely get out of the Eastern League. Standing on the col at this moment, I can already see the border of the Central Alliance, a black and oppressive siege with heavy snow, glistening in the sun.

The Central Alliance encompasses several of the oldest provinces of the Old World, but its sphere of influence is not large, and the southwest is still in chaos. There are many forces there, and all parties are divided, and it is difficult for the forces of the Qiguang Society and the Eastern Alliance to penetrate. It is the destination of Ren Yi's trip.

The southwest is chaotic, and although dangerous, intelligence trading on the black market is much smoother than elsewhere. He wanted to take the opportunity to find out the details of the leader of the Eastern Alliance of the Qiguang Society and Xie Yufei, one of them must be lying.

Only by figuring out this can we avenge the people of Lingzhou.

"I'm a black household now, and I definitely can't enter the customs. These days, stick to the border and quickly bypass this ...... What's it called? Ren Yi shook out a lot of hay from under the snow, took out a lighter and lit it, "Oh, the east gate of the Central Alliance, Tongjing Pass." ”

I'm a little hungry after a busy meal, and it's time for lunch.

Ren Yi closed his eyes, and the "round sky" suddenly appeared in the dark field of vision, rotating at a uniform speed.

"'Yanshi'."

Everything in front of Ren Yi's eyes suddenly turned pale red, and after a while, several thin lines slowly floated out of the wild grass and extended to Ren Yi's mind.

It's a hare that came out looking for food.

Ren Yi controlled it and slowly approached. Soon, the long ears peeked out of the grass, and a gray-yellow hare with shiny fur and a dull gaze emerged.

Smoke rises and the smell of barbecue wafts away.

Ren Yi looked at the rabbit meat that was nourished by the firelight, and was happy in his heart, fortunately, he had the skills of "Yanshi", he never starved along the way, and there were fish and meat every time.

The rabbit meat was roasted just right, Ren Yi tore off one of his thighs and gnawed on it.

"It's so cool."

Suddenly, there was a slight noise in the grass where the hare had just been infested.

"Another rabbit?" Ren Yi held the rabbit leg and was stunned for a moment, "I can't finish eating too much?" I don't have to stock up. It can't be the whole family who has come to avenge it, right? ”

Ren Yi thought wildly, mobilized the "round sky", got up and looked at the waist-high barren grass.

The pale red silk thread of nothingness swam out and connected to Ren Yi's brain.

Well? He was stunned suddenly, the things in the grass were very large, and they were not animals at all!

Hmmm-

At the same time, the wild grass was split in half, and a sallow and withered thin face poked out against the turf!

It's a human face!

"Ahh Ren Yi was so frightened that he took two steps back, patted his chest and shouted.

"I'm sorry," said the prostrate man, who still peeked out of the grass, raised his dirty face, and smiled awkwardly at him, "Young man, what are you baking, it's so fragrant......"

Five minutes later, the man in the grass sat by the campfire with Ren Yi.

The man looked like he was in his fifties, thin and gaunt, and wore a matted sheepskin jacket. He looked malnourished and had been working hard for a long time, and his face was full of sadness.

He looked at the grill made of branches on the campfire, and said uneasily, "Can you divide the rabbit?" I can pay for it, you can have as many bones as you want! ”

Sensing Ren Yi's surprised gaze, the man's head was buried lower, "If it weren't for the fact that the eldest of my family was sick and the second child was too young, I wouldn't be embarrassed to ask for it." ”

"The two children haven't eaten a full meal for several days, and my son is very sick and I don't know if I can survive this winter...... Have pity on us! Please, just give as much as you want. ”

"Escaped?" Ren Yi looked him up and down.

It's not that Ren Yi is suspicious, but he might as well not do it. After the weirdness comes, the wilderness is the jungle. Looking at an honest person, it is very likely that he is a bandit leader. If you are a little soft-hearted, you will be cooked into meat buns the next day.

"No," the man squeezed his expression helplessly, "The rules of our fortress city do not raise idlers. ”

"My son is so sick that he can't work as a laborer. According to the rules, you have to be exiled to the wilderness. The two of us were reluctant to let him fend for himself outside, so they simply came out together. ”

"Originally, my family was almost sixty, and I couldn't do my job, so I had to be thrown out. It's better to be together as a family. ”

"I made a flatbed truck and pulled my son to find a way to live while walking. Maybe when you encounter a newly established stronghold of displaced people, it is the time when you need manpower, and you don't dislike our age. ”

After the man finished speaking, he retracted his hand very uneasily and looked at Ren Yi worriedly.

It's said that it has a nose and an eye......

But don't take it lightly. What liar can't make up his lines beforehand?

"If you don't believe me, you can come with me to have a look!" Seeing that Ren Yi was unmoved, the man hurriedly pointed to the dirt ramp he had climbed up just now, "My cart is there!" My wife and two children are here, and they are boiling water to make porridge......"

"Okay, okay, you take it all." Ren Yi didn't want to dwell on it any longer, picked up the rabbit body on the bonfire, and handed it to him in its entirety.

I'm tired of eating all day long, and I've burned a lot of money when I patronize and talk for half a day, and it's easy to attract wolves when I throw my bones in the field......

It doesn't matter if you give him something, it's absolutely impossible to go with him.

"Thank you! Thank you so much! ”

The middle-aged man looked at half of the black rabbit meat and almost had a light in his eyes, and happily hugged it and left.

"Whatever his plans are, it's better to hurry up."

Ren Yi quickly grabbed two handfuls of ice to extinguish the embers and clean up the traces he had left behind. Hurry up and hit the road at noon, maybe you can get to the border after dark.

Boom –

Suddenly, there was another sound in the grass where the man had disappeared.

Ren Yi turned around, only to see that gray and thin face appeared in the grass again, and what was still in his hand was rising, and white steam was rising!

"Young man, I haven't paid the money just now!" The man excitedly raised the things in his hand, "The porridge is ready, I want to get you some to taste!" ”

Only then did Ren Yi see clearly what he was holding in his hand - it was a tattered pottery bowl with pure white rice cereal inside.

"I'm not eating, I'm in a hurry."

Ren Yi couldn't figure out what this person's purpose was, and continued to clean up with a cold face.

The middle-aged man got up from the dirt slope and said enthusiastically, "It's so urgent, why don't you wait?" You see the black clouds are about to blow over there, and there will be heavy snow in the afternoon. You can't rush on such a day. ”

Ren Yi looked up, and there was indeed a cluster of black clouds rolling rapidly in the sky, blown by the strong wind, whirring towards this side.

This col is the only shelter from the wind nearby, and if you go down the plain, there is really nowhere to hide from the wind and snow.

Ren Yi thought about it, anyway, he didn't have anything worth thinking about.

"Well," Ren Yi said, "where is your flatbed?" ”

"This way, this way." The man immediately pushed aside the half-human-tall lush barren grass and led Ren Yi to look down the dirt slope.

"We do a lot of crop work, and we know how to choose a good place to shelter from the wind."

Ren Yi followed his line of sight, and sure enough, under the soil slope was the lowest valley of this mountain col, sandwiched between two mountains, leeward and sheltered from the snow.

A small pile of firewood stood on a flat stone on the ground, and a large clay pot sat on the fire, gurgling and steaming. A woman in her fifties, also wrapped in a sheepskin jacket, was busy around the fire, cutting the hare meat that Ren Yi had roasted with a knife.

Not far away, a wooden cart spliced with various pots and pans was parked there, and two figures shrunk on it, a young man who was not a few years younger than Ren Yi, and a thin little boy......

Even if it's really a fraud gang, this configuration is enough to deal with me.

Ren Yi followed the man and slowly descended the dirt slope.

"Hey!" The woman who was cooking heard the voice and beckoned to the man, "The meal is ready!" It's snowing fast, let's find a place to spend the night after a full meal! ”

"Mom, I'm hungry." Hearing the meal, the little boy came out of the broken felt in a daze, and said with a messy hair like a chicken nest.

"Hot, wait a minute. Tell your brother to get up. ”

"Let's give the child this bowl first, it's already cooled." Ren Yi walked over and handed over the broken bowl that the man brought to him, "I've eaten it." ”

Before the woman could react, the little boy immediately pounced on her, snatched it down, and almost put the bottom of the bowl in his face.

The sound of drinking soup sounded, and in less than a minute, the little boy was holding the empty bowl, looking at his parents worriedly and saying, "No, I still want it." ”

Okay. Probably not a liar.